CCNE Nursing Accreditation Site Visit
Dear Members of the Saint Peter’s University Community,
Please be advised that the on-site evaluation of Saint Peters University School of Nursing with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) takes place on April 13 to 15, 2015. CCNE policy requires that institutions provide an opportunity for the program’s identified communities of interest (e.g., students, alumni, faculty, employers, etc.) to provide written input into the deliberations of the evaluation team. Further, we must notify our communities of interest approximately three months before the evaluation that an Accreditation review is scheduled and indicate that written and signed third-party comments will be accepted by CCNE until March 13, 2015.
Please direct all comments to:
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Attn: Third-Party Comments
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
1 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
Please note that CCNE shares third-party comments only with members of the evaluation team. The evaluation team only considers third-party comments that relate to the program’s compliance with the accreditation standards. Please be aware that at no time during the review process are these comments shared with the program. However, all compliance concerns related to the accreditation standards will be identified in the Accreditation report and the program will have an opportunity to respond to those concerns as part of its response to that report.
Additionally, CCNE communicates directly with its communities of interest (e.g., state boards of nursing, healthcare facility licensing and certifying bodies,other accrediting bodies, etc.), and informs them of the opportunity to provide third-party comments up to 30 days prior to the start of the on-site evaluation. These third-party comments are considered to be confidential and are only shared with the evaluation team.
If you have any questions regarding the third-party comment process or any aspect of the accreditation process, please contact Lori Schroeder, Director of Accreditation Services at (202) 887-6791 x253 or at lschroeder@aacn.nche.edu.
Sincerely,
Clementine Hinsperger-Rice, PhD., RN, CNS